A Babe In a Manger

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First Line:	The shepherds were watching their flocks in the night
Title:	A Babe In a Manger
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1921
Copyright:	Public Domain

Luke 2
(hymns)

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[The shepherds were watching]

MUELLER (Murray)

With the original two-stanza text, AWAY IN A MANGER was first published in James R. Murray's Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses (1887) and initialed “J. R. M.” Murray (b. Andover, MA, 1841; d. Cincinnati, OH, 1905) compiled the songbook and is now thought to be the tune's composer. However,…

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